Update

This weekend Tom and I watched Elise's kids. We went from 2-5 kids. Brecken loved staying the night at his cousins. We had a few trips to the park. Here are some pics from one of our trips. Here is Brecken and cousin Zo
Karsten loves going down the slides. He thinks he is so big.
Having fun driving the bus.
I also finished reading the fourth Harry Potter. I never really got into the first book because I saw the movie. By Elise's advice I read book 3 and now 4. They are great. If you haven't read Harry Potter yet, you should!

This is Tom's last week at UPS. We are so excited to have our Dad and Husband back. We are not sure what is ahead of us yet but we will figure it out. At least we will get to spend more time together as a family!

Spiderman Goes Potty!

Since Brecken turned 3 we have been trying to get him to go on the potty. He went for one full day about six months ago then wanted nothing to do with it. I guess I needed to find his "currency." While we were at his cousin Kylie's house, she was starting to try the potty. She had a neat little doll that went potty on a toilet. Brecken of course wanted one. So we went to the store in such of a doll. I knew Tom would never let Brecken have a doll. I told Brecken he could find a toy but he only could have it if he went on the potty. After searching and searching he found this Spiderman costume. When we got home he wanted to wear it but he couldn't unless he went potty. He said, "He couldn't. He didn't know how." After an hour of not letting him wear Spiderman he decided he would go on the potty. He knew that if he wanted to wear Spiderman he needed to keep it dry. He was dry all day. Saturday he had one accident and even pooped on the potty. This may seem silly but this brings great joy to my heart. I love seeing his little underwear in the laundry! He has only been potty trained for a few days but no more diapers!
I love this little boy. He is so loving and funny.

Hats, Hats, Hats!

Karsten is almost 17mths and loves to wear hats. Any hat lying around he will get and put on. I thought I would show you the few he choose this week!
A little construction while he rides his bike.
He love this hat. This is Grampy's hat. Grampy is always leaving it out and Karsten is always wearing it. Here he is enjoying Curious George while wearing Grampy's hat.
This is one of his favorites too. I love when Karsten wears his pirate hat. He usually has his pirate hat on and a play baseball bat in his hand. He pretends he is a pirate and runs and hits you with his bat. (We have swords too but for some reason he prefers the bat.)
Hats are not only his favorite. He also enjoys wearing these googles. He is so cute. He brings them to me several times a day to put on him. I love Karsten so much. He has so much personality. He is, as his 4 yrs old friend Tatum, called him "Brave." He loves climbing to the highest slide at the park and going down all by himself. Over Christmas break in one week he had two bloody noses, a bloody lip, and a burned wrist. I know before he is two he will probably have broken something. I love this little boy. His life will always be exciting!